Chicken Pox
What is Chicken Pox?
Chicken pox is a highly contagious viral infection caused by the varicella virus. Chicken pox is a disease of childhood and ninety percent of cases occur in children aged fourteen years and younger. Chicken pox can occur at any time, but occurs most often in March, April, and May in warmer climates. Chicken pox is typically diagnosed clinically based on the history of viral symptoms and the characteristic appearance of the rash. However, sometimes chicken pox can be confused with herpes simplex, impetigo, insect bites, or scabies.
Most people are aware of the rash, but chicken pox starts out looking just like a common cold. Runny nose, sneezing, cough, and fever are typical first symptoms of chicken pox. Three to five days later the rash shows up.
Chicken Pox Rashes
The rash itself appears as dots ranging from the size of an eraser head to about the size of a dime. Within each of these dots is a fluid filled vesicle which may pop over the course of the following days. The lesions may be painful, itch, or not be bothersome at all. They may be found anywhere on the skin, in the mouth and within the vaginal area and even unseen within the penis. Urination may be painful because of this.
The most contagious time occurs when the person is manifesting the cold-like symptoms. This happens usually two to five days before the rash appears. As a result the time in which someone is most contagious occurs before the person even knows he has chicken pox. After the rash appears, the person is infectious for about five days or until all the lesions have begun crusting over.
Who gets Chicken Pox?
Humans are the only animals that get chicken pox. So the only way to catch it is by being around a person who is infected. The virus is spread through secretions and by tiny droplets, so sharing saliva, sneezing, and coughing are good ways to pass the virus from one person to another.
Children with immune problems can have significant problems if infected with chicken pox. These include those children infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, those with cancer, those on steroids for other illnesses, and newborn babies.
There is not a lot that can be done to completely eliminate the symptoms once a child is infected with chicken pox. Most treatment is then aimed at trying to alleviate the pain, itch, and fever associated with chicken pox.
Baby Rashes Pictures
Baby Rashes Review
 Cradle cap |
 Heat rash |
 Diaper rash |
Most newborns and toddlers end up with some type of baby rash. This can be anything from baby acne, heat rash, diaper rash, cradle cap, prickly heat or miliaria crystalline. Chicken pox and eczema are also common childhood afflictions. Most of these rashes are harmless and go away on their own.
Cradle cap, a common rash on a baby’s head, is usually easy to recognize, with symptoms that can include a scalp rash that is dry and flaky. It also appears as thick, greasy, yellow or brown scales. Other symptoms is it has red patches with crust and is sometimes itchy.
Treatment For Baby Rashes
For mild cradle cap, time is often the best treatment, as many children get better on their own.
If the baby has red skin around the diaper area, diaper rash is most likely the culprit. Most diaper rashes occur because of skin irritation due to diapers that are too tight; wet diapers left on for too long; or a particular brand of detergent, diapers, or baby wipes. Avoid it by keeping the diaper area open to the air as long as possible, changing your baby’s diaper as soon as it’s wet, washing with a warm cloth, and applying zinc oxide cream.
Baby acne gets its start in the womb, where baby is exposed to mom’s hormones. Those hormones increase oil production which in turn clogs baby’s oil glands. Pimples on baby’s nose and cheeks usually clear up by themselves in a few weeks. So you don’t need to treat baby acne or use lotion. If your child starts to get blisters on the body or face or limbs that then crust as new blisters appear, this is probably chicken pox.
Common Baby Rashes
Although having a heat rash is common in infants, it is likely not as common as many parents believe, who tend to call any red rash their baby has when it is hot outside a heat rash. As the name tends to imply, heat rash is triggered in certain children when they become overheated, either because they are overdressed or because it is simply too hot outside.
When comparing baby rashes pictures are a good way to identify which rash is which. Most baby rashes pictures will also include detailed descriptions that can be helpful in identifying the type of rash affecting your infant. It is common for some rashes to be confused with others. In the event there is still some doubt as to what you are dealing with it is a good idea to contact your doctor.
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Heat Rash Miliaria
Heat Rash Miliaria
Heat Rash can be caused by many different kinds of things and many of them are very distinguishing. A heat rash can be defined as any spots or red markings that appear on the skin, which is often itchy. There are many different types of skin rashes or dermatitis.
Dermatitis is a form of skin inflammation or swelling. Symptoms of dermatitis include redness and inflammation of the skin. This is usually localized. The red area may form tiny blisters that leak clear fluid, and then become crusty. There is also severe itching. This is probably the worst part about a heat rash. There are actually many different kinds of dermatitis. Exposure to poison ivy, poison oak or poison sumac is an example of contact dermatitis because a heat rash due to an allergic reaction develops as a result of direct contact to the skin. Other common causes of contact dermatitis include allergic reaction to wearing certain jewelry such as nickel, wearing certain perfumes, using certain cosmetics, shampoos, laundry detergents for your bed linens and clothes, household cleaners or solvents and the list goes on.
People develop heat rash for different reasons, but usually it is due to an allergic reaction to something, either by direct contact or by ingesting something that the person in allergic to. Also heat rash can be symptoms of certain diseases, such as chicken pox, measles or scarletina. Heat rash, miliaria or prickly heat are just a few of the names for what is typically known as heat rash. It is most common in babies and young infants when they become overheated.
Another Type Of Heat Rash
Miliaria crystallina is another type of heat rash. In this particular rash the skin doesn’t get red and inflamed. The normal appearance is of small clear vesicles. These are without any redness or other symptoms. Miliaria crystallina is a type of heat rash that occurs when the sweat ducts become blocked and rupture. These sweat ducts are closer to the skin surface though and don’t get inflamed, leading to the classic appearance of small clear vesicles on the child’s skin, typically on their neck, head, or upper chest.
Prickly heat, which is also known as miliaria rubra, is the most common type of heat rash. In this form of heat rash, the sweat duct becomes red and inflamed and manifest as small bumps with a red halo around them. They can be found grouped together inside the folds of his or her skin, such as the neck, armpits, and groin. Heat rash should be treated.
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